The NTCC softball team picked up its first win of the season Tuesday as the Eagles split a pair of games at Eastern Oklahoma, 4-2 and 1-2.

Kelsey Moulder got the Eagle offense started in first game as she sent a pitch over the left field wall for a two-run home run in the third inning.

Fans of Northeast Texas Community College Eagles Athletics now have a new way to keep up with their favorite teams. NTCC will use Twitter (@NTCCathletics) to post game information, updates, and scores.

"Twitter is a great platform for sports news. Many people already use it on a daily basis and it is simple and free to follow.

A 3-6 performance by Austin White and strong pitching performances from starters Greg Milhorn and Kyle Neely helped the Eagles jump to a 2-1 record during their opening weekend of play.

?We didn?t hit the ball as well as I would have liked this weekend,? Eagle head coach Josh Stewart said.

The film "Delivered: Saved By Grace" will be screened at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m.

Northeast Texas Community College will host its second Education Summit on Thursday, February 7 from 7-10 p.m. in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. The general public is invited to attend. The Education Summit is the kick-off event for the NTCC strategic planning process that will take place over the coming months. What do you imagine NTCC could look like in 2020? Join us at the Education Summit to get in on the conversation!

The first 50 attendees will receive a gift bag! No RSVP is required.

Harmony High School parents and students are encouraged to attend a workshop to receive information on applying for federal financial aid and loans.† The presentation will be held Wednesday, February 27†at 6 p.m. in the Harmony High School library.† Anyone needing hands-on help completing financial aid applications are encouraged to bring their completed 2012 income tax return.† For more information, please contact Lynn Elms, High School Counselor at 903-725-5495 or Jennifer Myers, Northeast Texas Community College Coordinator of Dual Credit at 903-434-8257.

Future Eagle Profile

Name: Justin Ervin

Grade: 5th

School: Winfield Elementary

Justin loves math and science, and he says his favorite day of the school week is Wednesday because he knows that in ACE (Afterschool Centers on Education) he has Robotics classes that day! Because Justin is such a math/science guy, the school?s CIS and ACE Site Coordinators both regularly talk to him about going to college after he graduates from high school.

The opening of Eagles baseball season is scheduled to get off to a quick start this weekend as NTCC hosts Cedar Valley for a double-header Friday afternoon before the Eagles take on Hill College in another double-header Saturday.
The Eagles finished up the Spring 2012 season with a record of 33-17, including a 26-10 mark in the tough Texas Eastern Athletic Conference, and NTCC will be looking to put together another great season in 2013.

?We have a whole lot of new faces around here but we are expecting the same kind of results from this team as we did last year,?

The Northeast Texas Community College Eagles softball team will be looking to kick off the season with a pair of wins Saturday as they host Hill College for a double-header beginning at 1 p.m.

Led by new head coach Jessica Keith, the Eagles will be looking to turn heads in 2013.

?I believe we have the players that we need to put together a good season this year,? Keith said about her 2013 squad.

Northeast Texas Honors will present the Premiere of their original film

Modern Icarus,

The Story of Morris Sheppard

Mount Pleasant Library ? February 1 ? Noon

It was one of the most ambitious and unprecedented moral reforms in history - to outlaw the sale and manufacture of alcohol in a major Western nation. The point man for that effort? Senator Morris Sheppard from Texarkana, the author of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.